Roof tile



Jan. 26 1926. v1,570,839

J. JOAQUIN nooF TILE Filed August 18, 1924 l 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 26 1926. 1,570,839

J. JOAQUIN ROOF TILE Filed August 18, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES y, y 1,570,839 PATENT oFFlcEj.

JOSE JOAQUIN, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.Y

ROOF TILE.

Application filed August 18, 1924. Serial No. 732,743.

To all 1.0/1 om t may concern Be it known that I, Joss JOAQUIN, a subject of' Portugal, residing in the city of San Jose, county of Santa Clara, and State of California, liavefinvented a new and use- ,ful Improvement in a Roof Tile,1of which' the following is a specification.

My invention relates to. improvements in tiles for roofs and the like wherein upper tiles are provided with flanges arranged to overlap each other and to in-terlap correspending overlapping flanges of lower tiles to form a roof. i, f

The primary object of my invention is to form an improved'tile f r roofs. v

Another object is'to provide an improved construction which will facilitate .the laying' of a roof and'which will /afo'rd an eflicient,I

weather and fire proof roofing. 1

- A further Objectis to provide an yim.- proved ltile which may be easily mounted lfrom cement or other suitable material at a nominal cost.

Another obfect is to providea tile having improved means for holding the same upon a roof and for regularly spacing the tiles.

A still further object isito provide an im Y proved construction whereby tiles constituting a roof may be caused to overlap and interlap in close matching relation whereby a large area of vcontact willbe afforded between adjacent tiles.

-I accomplish these and other objects by means of the device disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present specification wherein like characters of reference are used to designate similar parts throughout said specification and drawings and in which, l

Fig. 1 is a broken. side elevation of a portion of a roof showing the manner in which direction indicated.

my improved tiles are laid thereon.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinalu sectional view taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 in the Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views taken upon the line and #Lf-4 respectively` of Fig. 2 in the direction indicated. 4

Fig. 5 is a bottom view of an upper tile. Fi 6 is a longitudinalmid-section of th tile s own in Fig. 5. v

Fig. 7 is a top view of a boaqm fue. Fi 8 is -a longitudinal mid-section of the tile shown in Fig. 7.

extend Referring to .the drawings my invention will be seen to consist of upper and lower .tiles designated in general by the numerals 1 and 2 respectively. The tiles consist of flat body portions the longitudinal edges of which converge toward one end thereof.

Flang'es 3 are formed upon the convergingedges of the tiles at substantially right angles to the plane of t-he body port-ions. The ends of the flanges 3 at the narrow end of each tile are cut away to form notches v'et'. The anges'fconverge to a degree such that the narrow end of each tile may be 'received' between theflanges at the wide 'end of an adjacent tile whereby said tiles may be laid in overlapping relation, the notches 4 being of a depth equal to the thicknessof the body portion of the tile and of a* length 'equal to the distance to which the tiles may be caused to overlap so that the upper 'edges of the overlapping portions of the anges will be in substantially the same pla-ne.

Lugsv are formed upon the` under side of the lower tiles 2, and a lug 7 is fdrmed upon the under side of each vupper tile'l 1. The lugs 6 and 7 are vformed at'substantially right an les to the plane oi, the body and ownwardly' to engage the vupper edges of ,transverse cleats 8 forming art'of lower tilesare laid in regularly spaced relation. I

rIshe tiles are laid to form aroof' as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, the lower tiles The upper tiles 1 are laid over the lower tiles 2 with the flanges 3 of said upper tiles disposed downwardly, each tile 1 spanning the space between adjacent lower tiles 2 and having the lug'7 hooked over the cleat 8 between saidlower tiles, which 'are moved closely against the sides ofthe lug 7 toobtain uniform spacing.' The narrow ends of the upper tiles 1 are disposed upwardly 'of 'each'tile 2 being placed in overlapping relation with the wide portion of the next .lower tile:

a supporting structure upon which t e tiles i I are laid. The lug 7 also serves asa spacing element by which the adjacent ends bf thel with respect to the inclination of the roof, the wide portion of each upper tile being caused to overlap the narrow end of the next lower' tile l. I'Vhenlaid in this inanner each row of upper and lower tiles will overlap the corresponding tiles of the next lower row'and the downwardly disposed flanges of the upper tiles l will be caused to interlap with the'upwardly disposed flanges of the lower tiles 9, as shown in Figs. S and 4 of the drawings. The notches 4 of each upper tile receive the overlapping ends of the adjacent lower tiles, and in like inanner the notches of the lower tile flanges receive the overlapping ends of the upper tiles thereby permittingthe interlapping ends of the flanges to nest closely' together and insures a large area of contact between the overlapping surfaces of the tiles.

In my present practice the tiles are preferably moulded from cement in suitable forms1 the tiles thus formed being thoroughly fire and weather proof. Tiles thus formed have great strength and durability and are particularly adapted to withstand rough handling without damage to the tiles. Furthermore, the formingof tiles in this manner may be carried out very economically, thereby affording a highly efficient roofing material at a moderate cost.' The cement from which the tiles are moulded may be readily colored by means of various pigments, thus affording a wide selection of colors whereby a roof may be made of a de sired color or decorative character. I-Iowe-ver, tiles of similar construction and utility may be made from other materials without departing from the spirit of my inl vention, and the specific details of construction above disclosed may be modified in a nuniber of ways. I therefore do not wish to restrict myself to the precise details of structure but wish to avail myself of such modifications as may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire .to secure by Letters Patent is,

l. In a tile roof, upper and lower tiles having oppositely disposed flanged edges, the flanged edges of said upper and lower tiles converging in opposite directions and having notches formed in the flanges at the narrow end of each tile whereby portions of the flanges at the narrow end of each tile may be received between overlap portions of the flanges at the wide end of an adjacent overlapping tile and the overlapping flange portions interlap with the overlapping flange portions of opposite tiles; and lugs formed upon the under sides of the upper tiles to engage and retain said tiles upon a supporting surface, said lug forming a spacing element adapted to space the ends of the underlying tile.

2. In a tile roof, lower tiles having converging longitudinal edges; upwardly disposed flanges forined upon said converging edges and having notches formed in the flanges adjacent the narrow end of each tile, the narrow end of each tile being adapted to overlap the wide end of an adjacent tile and portions of the flanges at said narrow end to be received in overlapping relation with portions of the flanges upon said wide end: upper tiles having converging longitudinal edges; downwardly disposed flanges formed upon said edges and having notches formed adjacent the narrow end of each tile, the lwidevportion of each upper tile being adapted to overlap the narrow portion of an adjacent upper tile with portions of the flanges overlapping, the overlapping Harige portions of said upper tiles being adapted to interlap with the overlapping flange portions of the under tiles, and the notches adapted to receive the intel-lapping ends of the tiles; and lugs formed upon the under sides of the upper and lower tiles to engage and retain the tiles upon and inclined supporting surface, the lugs upon the upper tiles being received between adjacent lower tiles to independently engage the supporting surface and to form a spacing element for said adjacent lower tiles.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my sig nature.

' JOSE JOAQUIN. 

